We have to stop calling everything racist

Ashley Price
Nov 7 · 5 min read

In 2019, I honestly cannot go more than a week without being called a racist. You would think it means I’m a racist, right? If it walks like a duck and sounds like a duck, it must be a duck. Not entirely true here.

What if I said I was called a racist because I have a black labrador? Yes, the dog breed. That actually happened yesterday.

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Ashley Price

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Enjoys writing about social and feminist issues. I suck at Twitter but follow me anyway.

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